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The facts show that sex outside of marriage results in harm to individuals, family and society. Infidelity, relationship break-up, divorce, broken families, children not knowing parents, abandoned mothers, unwanted pregnancy, abortion, underage sex, sexual abuse, sex regret, pornography, sexual disease, prostitution. All human experiences which bring harm to individuals, family and society and are caused by sex outside of marriage. If we use as criteria for acceptable behaviour - not causing harm to self and others; then we must ask what right can an individual have to consent to an act which will inevitably or even possibly cause harm to self and others? Is it acceptable behavour to consent to to pulling the bung on a passenger ship? We acknowledge this harm, because we protect young people by not allowing them to consent, but we cannot say how the harm goes away the day a person comes of age. This is why we cannot consent to a fun act, because it's not just a fun act, it's the way we all come into existence which makes it very serious.
And this is why we require the consent of God and His Consent is called 'marriage'.
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